Staff Nurse - Renal

Berkshire Health Systems; Pittsfield (MA); On-site; USD 6,234,000 - 9,935,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental insurance

Life and disability insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Berkshire Medical Center's Renal Dialysis unit is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide holistic care for End Stage Renal Dialysis patients. The nephrology nurse will lead the care team and coordinate assessment, planning and evaluation.

This is a full-time role with variable shifts (6:00am-6:30pm, 7:00am-7:30pm, 7:30am-8:00pm) on a rotating schedule; on-call rotation is required. Comprehensive benefits include health/dental insurance, life and disability coverage, retirement plan contributions,

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
• Massachusetts RN license required; BLS preferred.
• Current experience in nephrology nursing/dialysis preferred.
• At least one year experience in critical care nursing preferred.
• Two year medical/surgical nursing or dialysis experience required.

Responsibilities

• Nephrology nurse provides holistic care for End Stage Renal Dialysis patients and leads the health care team.
• Collect, assess, document, and analyze patient information before and after dialysis.
• Identify learning needs, plan teaching, and document patient understanding with family involvement.

Skills

Nephrology nursing/dialysis experience

Critical care nursing experience

Nursing principles and procedures

On-call readiness

Education

Associates Degree in Nursing

Bachelor Degree in Nursing

Critical care course

Arrhythmia course

Job description

Berkshire Medical Center · BMC Renal Dialysis

Hourly Pay Range: 45.2500 through 72.1200

Full Time , Shift 1 , 36 , 6:00am -6:30pm;7:00am-7:30pm; 7:30am - 8:00pm

Week 1: Mon-Tues-Fri

Week 2: Wed-Th-Sat

Week 3: Tues-Th-Fri

Week 4: Tues-Wed-Sat

Nursing Alternate Shift: N/A

DEFINITION/PRIMARY FUNCTION

Registered Nurse is the designation given to an individual who is licensed to practice professional nursing, holds ultimate responsibility for direct and indirect nursing care, is a graduate of an approved school for professional nursing, and is currently licensed as a Registered Nurse pursuant to M.G.L. c.112. Included in such responsibility is providing nursing care, health maintenance, teaching, counseling, planning and restoration for optimal functioning and comfort, of those they serve.

The primary function of the nephrology nurse is the holistic care of the End Stage Renal Dialysis patient. The nephrology nurse functions as a health care team leader responsible for the safe delivery of patient-centered, goal oriented care through the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the End Stage Renal Dialysis patient.

• The nephrology nurse collects, assesses, documents, and analyzes patient information before, and after dialysis in order to maintain and/or improve the quality of patient care through continuous evaluation and ongoing revision of interventions as stated in the plan of care.
• The nephrology nurse identifies learning needs, assesses readiness to learn, plans and delivers teaching content utilizing available resources, evaluates, and documents patient understanding through interactions with patient and family.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

(Minimum qualifications are required unless stated otherwise.)

Experience

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
• Has a thorough knowledge of nursing principles and procedures.
• Current experience in nephrology nursing/dialysis preferred.
• At least one year experience in critical care nursing preferred.
• Two year medical/ surgical nursing or dialysis experience required.

Education and Training

• Associates Degree in Nursing Required.
• Bachelor Degree in Nursing Preferred.
• Successful completion of critical care course, and arrythmia course required.

License, Certification & Registration

• RN License - Currently licensed as a Professional RN in Massachusetts.
• BLS
• Certification as a Nephrology Nurse preferred.

Other Requirements

• Demonstrates continuing education in accordance with State regulations.
• Assures compliance with unit-specific scope of practice.
• Must be able to speak the English language in an understandable manner.
• Must possess sight/hearing senses or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately so the requirements of the position can be fully met.
• Participation in the on-call rotation required.

The minimum and maximum of the hourly pay range for this position is shown above. Actual rates of pay may vary based on a range of factors including but not limited to experience and qualifications.

In addition to base pay, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes health and dental insurance, life and disability insurance, a competitive retirement plan contribution and a paid time off program.

• health and dental insurance
• life and disability insurance
• a competitive retirement plan contribution
• paid time off program